Final Jeopardy: The World of Today (6-27-22)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 6/27/2022 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.

MORE THAN ONE MEANING ($800) A narrow sea between 2 pieces of land, or to interpret for a spirit as a medium

FEELING SCIENCE-“E” ($1000) It’s hibernation, but in summer

SOUTHERN CAPITALS ($1200) Just 15 years after becoming a state capital, it became the first capital of the Confederacy

($1600) A former camp of De Soto, it was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi not captured by Union forces

THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ($1600) Rosa Luxemburg was a member of the Spartacus League, which in 1919 became the German branch of this political party Note: just the party name was sufficient

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Sneak Peek clues — ENDS IN “S-T-Y”
($400) In a proverb, it’s “the best policy”
($800) The Tang one governed China from 618 to 907
($1200) This compound word can mean eager for violence or describe a vampire at feeding time
($1600) It’s the 11-letter medical term for a nose job
($2000) Also called a vestry, it’s a room in a church where clergy change into their robes & where holy objects are kept

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